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ICPC Recovers 301 Houses From Two Civil Servants
The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, has revealed that the anti-graft agency recovered 301 houses from two public servants in the nation’s capital, Abuja. ICPC boss made the disclosure at the inauguration of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Investigation of the Operations of…
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Facebook Changes Name To Meta
Facebook is changing its company name to Meta as it confronts wide-ranging scrutiny of the real-world harms from its various platforms after a whistleblower leaked hundreds of internal documents, CNN has reported. The change will demote Facebook’s namesake service to being just one of the company’s subsidiaries, alongside Instagram and WhatsApp, rather than the overarching…
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Insecurity: My Colleagues Now Afraid To Travel, ASUU President
The National President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has decried the high level of insecurity in Nigeria, calling on all to work together to solve the problem. The ASUU president expressed his concern in Bauchi on Thursday during a one-day State of the Nation Summit organised by ASUU, Bauchi Zone. Osodoke, who lamented that…
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Recruitment: Police Give Updates On CBT Scheduled For Friday, Saturday Nationwide (Check CBT Centers here)
The Nigeria Police Force, NPF, have given updates on Computer based test, CBT, for candidates who participated in the 2020 recruitment exercise and have been shortlisted for the next stage on Friday and Saturday nationwide. According to the Force, the exercise for successful candidates is billed to hold nationwide on Friday, October 28, and Saturday…
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Relatives of Purported Igboho’s Native Doctor, Arifanlajogun Accused DSS of Detaining Son Since July
Relatives of young native doctor, Dada Fasoto Arifanlajogun who is purportedly said to be the witch doctor who ‘spiritually fortifies’ Yoruba agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho have cried out for help over disappearance of their son over three months ago, adding that, his disappearance was orchestrated by the Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of…
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Protest: 400-level Female UNIBEN Student Reportedly Shot by Trigger-happy Police in Edo
A 400-level Mass Communication student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Miss Juliana Martins was reportedly shot in the leg by the trigger-happy policemen and rushed to an undisclosed hospital for treatment following a protest by Niger Delta students at the headquarters of the Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) in Benin City, Edo State capital…
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PhotosNews: Buhari, Tinubu, Dangote, Others Perfom Lesser Hajj
President Muhammadu Buhari has successfully performed the Umrah (Lesser Hajj) at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, alongside the minister of communications Isa Pantami, and business moguls Aliko Dangote, Wale Tinubu and Abdulsamad Rabiu. The Umrah, is a religious ritual of great significance performed by Muslim Ummah for the sake of Allah. It is…
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Anambra Guber: National Assembly Gives Nod To INEC on eVoting
The National Assembly joint committee on INEC and Electoral Matters, on Wednesday, gave nod to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to transfer the results of Anambra State governorship election electronically. The Chairman Senate Committee on INEC, Senator Kabiru and Gaya (APC, Kano), said this this while briefing newsmen after a meeting between the Chairman…
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Updated: Plateau Assembly Speaker Impeached
Sixteen Lawmakers out of the 24 members of the Plateau house of Assembly have impeached the Speaker of the hallowed chamber, Hon Abok Ayuba Nuhu. Nuhu was replaced with Sanda Yakubu, who hails from Pingana constituency of Bassa Local Government Area of the state. The unusual sitting on Thursday morning, presided by the Deputy Speaker,…
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NCS Releases Names, Photos of Escaped Inmates
The Nigerian Correctional Service, NCS, on Wednesday, released some names and images of 122 inmates who escaped from the Abolongo Custodial Centre in Oyo State last week Friday. The inmates escaped after unknown gunmen invaded and attacked the correctional centre at about 10pm on Friday, October 22. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola had on Sunday…